Our 1st and probably last marathon! It was an experience of a life time that's for sure! We ran the marathon in Grand Rapids, MI. It was a beautiful course and we had perfect weather for the run. There were only a few hills at the beginning of the run and the rest was pretty flat thank goodness! I'm so proud of my husband because I thought we'd run together for the 1st 5 or 10 miles and we ended up running the whole entire run together and I don't know if I could have done it with out him. He is the most determined person I know. When he sets his mind to something he does it!!! Another thing that got me through the run was my grandpa that died a year ago. I ran this run for him and he was who was on my mind the entire race. The hardest part was the last 5 miles, and I really felt like he was there with me pushing me through the pain. Jeff and I felt really good other than our left knees. Both of our knees locked up and got really tight around 18 miles and it took everything we had not too stop, but we did it without stopping. We ran it in 3 hours 51 minutes beating our goal of 4 hours. The last 1/4 mile we held hands to the finish line. It was an amazing feeling completing something that tough!!! I doubt we ever run another full marathon because it's so hard on our joints, but we plan to run many more halfs and maybe even a tri. I'm just glad I can actually say this quote that really helped me train for the marathon and that quote is: "There will be days you don't think you can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime of knowing you have."